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SHARED RESOURCES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

BIOSTATISTICS AND BIOINFORMATICS<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Yidong Chen, PhD<\/strong>, Co-director<\/p>\n

Jonathan Gelfond, MD, PhD<\/strong>, Co-director<\/p>\n

DRUG DISCOVERY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Sean Olsen, PhD<\/strong>, Co-director, Structural Biology<\/p>\n

Daohong Zhou, MD<\/strong>, Co-director, Drug Discovery<\/p>\n

FLOW CYTOMETRY<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Michael Berton, PhD<\/strong>, Scientific Director<\/p>\n

Yue Li, PhD<\/strong>, Director<\/p>\n

NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Zhao Lai, PhD<\/strong>, Director<\/p>\n

OPTICAL IMAGING<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

James Lechleiter, PhD<\/strong>, Director<\/p>\n

Exing Wang, PhD<\/strong>, Co-director<\/p>\n

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MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM LEADERS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sukeshi Arora, MD<\/strong>, Gastrointestinal Oncology<\/p>\n

Andrew Brenner, MD, PhD<\/strong>, Neuro-Oncology<\/p>\n

Adolfo Enrique Diaz Duque, MD<\/strong>, Hematologic Malignancies<\/p>\n

Ramon Cancino, MD, MBA, MS, FAAFP<\/strong>, Oncology Primary Care<\/p>\n

Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc<\/strong>, Breast Oncology<\/p>\n

Usha Perepu, MD<\/strong>, Classical Hematology and Blood Disorders<\/p>\n

Debra Kent, DNP<\/strong>, Oncology Survivorship<\/p>\n

Daruka Mahadevan, MD, PhD<\/strong>, Phase I Oncology, Director, Institute for Drug Development<\/p>\n

Georgia McCann, MD<\/strong>, Gynecologic Oncology<\/p>\n

Prince Otchere, MD<\/strong>, Cardio-Oncology<\/p>\n

Montaser Shaheen, MD<\/strong>, Melanoma and Immunotherapy<\/p>\n

Deepak Pruthi, MD<\/strong>, Urologic Oncology<\/p>\n

Gail Tomlinson, MD, PhD<\/strong>, Pediatric Hematology Oncology<\/p>\n

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DEPARTMENT CHAIRS\/DIVISION CHIEFS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Richard Tuli, MD<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology<\/p>\n

Lacy Harville<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery<\/p>\n

Daniel DeArmond, MD<\/strong>, Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery<\/p>\n

John Floyd, II, MD<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Neurosurgery<\/p>\n

Russell Higgins, MD<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine<\/p>\n

Frank Miller, MD, FACS<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Otolaryngology<\/p>\n

Robert H. Quinn, MD<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Orthopaedics<\/p>\n

Sandra S. Osswald, MD<\/strong>, Chief, Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery<\/p>\n

Randal D. Robinson, MD<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/p>\n

Georgia McCann, MD<\/strong>, Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology<\/p>\n

Ronald Stewart, MD<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Surgery<\/p>\n

Anton Fries, MD, PhD<\/strong>, Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery<\/p>\n

Rajeev Suri, MD, MBA, FACR, FSIR<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Radiology<\/p>\n

Steven Kraus, MD<\/strong>, Chair, Department of Urology<\/p>\n

Deepak Pruthi, MD<\/strong>, Chief, Division of Oncologic Urology<\/p>\n

Gail Tomlinson, MD, PhD<\/strong>, Chief, Division of Pediatric, Hematology Oncology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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